Good things

There were a couple of Red Admiral butterflies on the sedum the other day. They were so busy sipping the nectar and disinclined to move that I wondered if they might be slightly drunk! This one is the neater of the two - the other one had some very tatty patches on its wings. There were a couple of Small tortoiseshells around as well, but they were not willing to sit for portraits.

  
We have a lot of self seeded Cornflowers, and this particular plant has turned up with very pretty variegated flowers. I have taken some seed heads and will make a note of where they get sown next year - I have no idea if they will produce the same effect in the flowers, but it is surely worth a try.


Walking past a charity shop in one of the little side alleys in Boston, my eye was caught by a basket of yarn in the window. Not something I would have wanted, but I went into the shop and found plenty that I did! It would appear that there had been a yarn shop in Skegness, which had closed. This was a way of disposing of the last odds and ends. Some good guernsey wool. some lovely mercerised cotton (DK) and lots of Sunbeam St. Ives - this last one in 25g balls which makes it seriously vintage. Happy Bunny!